Trump urges federal role in elections if states can't run them fairly
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President Trump argued that if a state cannot administer elections legally and honestly, the federal government should step in or be substituted, signaling a push to nationalize voting and drawing Democratic concerns about interference in the upcoming midterms; the remarks came after he signed a funding bill at the White House and build on his prior calls to nationalize voting.
- Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly,' then 'somebody else should take over' CNBC
- Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections The New York Times
- Trump says states are agents of federal government in elections CNN
- Thune rejects Trump’s call for GOP to take over and ‘nationalize’ elections The Hill
- Trump says Republicans 'should take over the voting' and 'nationalise' US elections BBC
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